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    It is not the case that When ideas i_k and i_m are semantically interdependent, replacing both simultaneously produces a proposition whose meaning cannot be derived from either substitution considered in isolation.

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    • 1.Compositionality works: if i_k→i_k' and i_m→i_m', the resulting meaning IS derivable as f(i_k', i_m') from the original f(i_k, i_m).
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    • 2.The claim conflates substitution complexity with meaning indeterminacy—difficult calculations aren't the same as logical underivability.
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    • 3.Interdependence doesn't entail irreducibility: two gears affect each other, but gear-state changes remain fully predictable from individual laws.
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    • 1.Meaning emerges from relational structure: 'bachelor' and 'unmarried' are interdependent, so replacing both shifts the entire conceptual web.
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    • 2.Compositional semantics fails for holistic meaning: simultaneous substitutions create emergent properties irreducible to individual replacements.
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    • 3.Context-dependence is ubiquitous: nested interdependencies mean isolated substitutions systematically underspecify actual meaning changes.
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